Is abstinence-only sex education effective?

Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support. [in answer to the question: Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?]

The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Tom Coburn [who believes abstinence only education is effective]. ... I look to people like [him]. I’m not very wise on it.

We will double federal funding for abstinence programs, so schools can teach this fact of life: Abstinence for young people is the only certain way to avoid sexually-transmitted diseases.

I know the statistics [about condoms]. They break. They slip. What we've done is not told the whole truth about condoms. ... My position is, if you can get people to use condoms perfectly, and you can make sure they use them, and tell them what the risks are, and tell them the breakage rates and slippage rates are, it's a good strategy. ... I believe that monogamy is the answer to HIV infection. I understand that people think I'm not a realist in this area.

[It is a myth that] abstinence is unworkable and unrealistic [and that] teens are going to have sex anyway so we need to teach them "safe" sex.